The owner of a financial consulting company has announced her candidacy for Upper Milford Township supervisor.

Joyce Moore, 57, said her experience as owner of Joyce Moore Financial Services gives her the financial expertise to handle the township budget and seek cost-saving measures. She said she will advocate for an efficient and transparent supervisor office.

"Socially responsible and fiscally conservative, my background and training in accounting and financial services will play a key role in making our township run as efficiently as possible," Moore said in a news release.

Moore, a Democrat, previously spent six years on Glendon council, including a stint as vice president, before resigning in 1997 after moving from the Northampton County borough.

Moore's company provides investment, estate and retirement planning advice. She attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and served as a board member of the Spring Garden Children's School and the League of Women Voters.

"As a member of Emmaus Upper Milford Environmental Advisory Council, I know just how precious our community is," Moore said. "As township supervisor, I will work hard to preserve the rural quality that makes Upper Milford such a wonderful place to live."

Moore is seeking the seat currently held but Supervisor Chairman Daniel Mohr. It is the only seat on the three-person board of supervisors up for reelection this year.